Hollow Knight Silksong playtester apologizes after telling players "there simply are no f****ing updates"

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A contracted playtester on Hollow Knight: Silksong has apologized to the Metroidvania's fans after a rant on Discord about the state of the game.

In a series of messages captured last week and shared to the Silksong subreddit last night, a playtester known in the community as Graig aired their frustrations around reactions to the fact that Silksong didn't appear at The Game Awards. Graig - who has previously been cited as the game's lead playtester - took aim at fans desperate for an update, saying, "I see [developer Team Cherry] work so hard to get the game out and it's annoying to see people disrespect them so much."

Graig went on to say that the reason that the developers don't issue updates on the game is that "there simply are no fucking updates. The game is being made - when there are updates, you will get them." He also claims that Team Cherry is wary about engaging with the community because "if they do anything other than a release date, they will get crucified" and that "they hate giving spoilers, so the less info you have, the better going in." 

A significant proportion of Graig's ire is also aimed at Xbox. Last summer, the company claimed that every game at its E3 2022 showing would be playable within 12 months. Silksong was included in that event, but was eventually delayed out of the first half of this year. As Graig points out, it was far from the only game to miss that deadline (Starfield was also a high-profile delay from that event), but he claims this is because Xbox made up "a bullshit release window."

As much as their comments don't appear to have been wholly appreciated by the community, plenty of fans on the Silksong subreddit have been relatively understanding, suggesting that their insatiable